Newcastle United vs Leicester City, 2022-23 English Premier League

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Newcastle seal top-four finish after draw with Leicester

Newcastle United will rejoin Europe's elite in the Champions League next season after a 20-year absence following a 0-0 draw at home to struggling Leicester City on Monday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Offside, Newcastle United. Bruno Guimarães tries a through ball, but Callum Wilson is caught offside.
4': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
8': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
8': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
8': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
9': Delay in match because of an injury Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City).
10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
11': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
11': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Foul by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
14': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
17': Attempt blocked. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Burn.
18': Attempt missed. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
19': Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Leicester City).
20': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
20': Jonny Evans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Attempt saved. Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
23': Attempt blocked. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
23': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
25': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
27': Foul by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
27': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27': Delay in match because of an injury Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31': Attempt blocked. Dan Burn (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
32': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
38': Attempt missed. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
40': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
41': Attempt missed. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
41': Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box following a corner.
41': Attempt blocked. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
41': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
42': Attempt blocked. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
43': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Fabian Schär with a headed pass.
43': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
45': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner.
45'+4': First Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
45': Second Half begins Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
45': Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
48': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
49': Attempt blocked. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
53': Attempt missed. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sven Botman.
55': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
59': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
59': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Daniel Iversen.
60': Attempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
60': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
63': Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Jamie Vardy.
63': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jonny Evans.
64': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Sven Botman.
67': Attempt missed. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
68': Substitution, Newcastle United. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Callum Wilson.
69': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
69': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by James Maddison.
71': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box following a corner.
72': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
72': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
73': Attempt missed. Elliot Anderson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin.
76': Attempt saved. Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
76': Attempt missed. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
77': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Elliot Anderson.
78': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
78': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
83': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
88': Substitution, Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon replaces Miguel Almirón.
88': Delay in match because of an injury Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
89': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Wilfred Ndidi because of an injury.
89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90': Foul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
90': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
90'+1': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross.
90'+4': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
90'+4': Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.
0': Match ends, Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 0.

Statistics

LEI		NEW
5	Fouls	9
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	12
3	Saves	1
22.4	Possession	77.6
1	SHOTS	23
1	ON GOAL	4
1.0	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
123	Accurate Passes	628
209	Passes	702
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	4
5	Crosses	33
0.2	Cross %	0.1
64	Long Balls	47
17	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.3	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	6
8	Effective Tackles	2
17	Tackles	6
0.5	Tackle %	0.3
5	Interceptions	4
45	Effective Clearances	9
45	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,152

Premier League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
2	Arsenal	0	0	0
3	Aston Villa	0	0	0
4	Brentford	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Newcastle United (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Nick Pope (GK)
4	Sven Botman
5	Fabian Schär
33	Dan Burn
2	Kieran Trippier
39	Bruno Guimarães
32	Elliot Anderson
36	Sean Longstaff
9	Callum Wilson
14	Alexander Isak
24	Miguel Almirón

Newcastle United Substitutes:

Martin Dúbravka, Allan Saint-Maximin, Anthony Gordon, Paul Dummett, Jamal Lewis, Jacob Murphy, Matt Targett, Lewis Miley, Harrison Ashby.

Leicester City (5-3-2)

No.	Name
31	Daniel Iversen (GK)
6	Jonny Evans
3	Wout Faes
15	Harry Souttar
33	Luke Thomas
27	Timothy Castagne
8	Youri Tielemans
42	Boubakary Soumaré
25	Wilfred Ndidi
9	Jamie Vardy
14	Kelechi Iheanacho

Leicester City Substitutes:

James Maddison, Patson Daka, Alex Smithies, Dennis Praet, Harvey Barnes, Nampalys Mendy, Victor Kristiansen, Mateus Tetê, Daniel Amartey.

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